Bride Price Valuable
84-2-25
From: New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 84-2-25 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Arapesh |
Provenience | New Guinea |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Basketry | Shell | Feather |
Description | Basketry ornament, attached to a large piece of Green Snal shell. Basketry ornament consists of a coiled round part with tubular protrusions, surmounted by a coiled ring decorated with black cassowary and small brown feathers. Three radiating supports bracing ring, which is detached on one side. Red and white pigment. Base attached with peel to large piece of Green Snal shell, with hole through tip. |
Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
Other Number | 260 - Other Number |
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